Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

How will social dialogue work without an acceptance that low pay rates and poor conditions like the lack of sick pay, which we discussed earlier, cannot be addressed? How will all this work in the future? I am totally supportive of Patricia King, as are the Labour Party and our trade union colleagues. We need to look at how we might ensure workers' low pay will be reprioritised.

There is a deeper matter here. What forums will the Government have in the future? How will it be able to engage and monitor this?

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